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  • Lessons from Shutdown America

    by Mark Engler December 1, 2013
    by Mark Engler December 1, 2013

    Despite offering an opportunity to skewer exceptionalist arrogance, the shutdown was not a good thing.

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  • Obama’s “Free Trade” Voyages: NAFTA Across the Oceans

    by Mark Engler July 1, 2013
    by Mark Engler July 1, 2013

    When it comes to the devastating affects of pro-corporate deals, Obama was right the first time.

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  • Provoking an American Climate Crisis

    by Mark Engler June 1, 2013
    by Mark Engler June 1, 2013

    The signs tell us that a climate crisis has arrived in the natural world. The question is: When will this translate into a crisis in the political world?

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  • After the Election: Time to Stop Settling for the Lesser Evil

    by Mark Engler November 9, 2012
    by Mark Engler November 9, 2012

    A dispatch for the “Arguing the World” blog at Dissent magazine.

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  • Obama: A Better Adversary

    by Mark Engler September 1, 2012
    by Mark Engler September 1, 2012

    Progressive movements are stronger when they can take on centrists or liberals than when pitted against elected conservatives.

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  • President Obama: Corporate Globalizer

    by Mark Engler June 28, 2012
    by Mark Engler June 28, 2012

    The administration is wrong to promote so-called “free-trade” deals.

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  • Pipelines, “Free Trade,” and Make-Believe Jobs

    by Mark Engler December 15, 2011
    by Mark Engler December 15, 2011

    A dispatch for the “Arguing the World” blog at Dissent magazine.

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  • Stopping Obama’s Next Betrayal

    by Mark Engler August 3, 2011
    by Mark Engler August 3, 2011

    A dispatch for the “Arguing the World” blog at Dissent magazine.

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  • Dramatizing Obama’s Climate Dilemma

    by Mark Engler August 26, 2011
    by Mark Engler August 26, 2011

    A dispatch for the “Arguing the World” blog at Dissent magazine.

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  • Is “Free Trade” Obama’s Jobs Plan?

    by Mark Engler September 2, 2011
    by Mark Engler September 2, 2011

    A dispatch for the “Arguing the World” blog at Dissent magazine.

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Mark Engler is a writer based in Philadelphia, an editorial board member at Dissent, and co-director of the Whirlwind Institute, a social change strategy center. His latest book, written with Paul Engler, is This Is An Uprising: How Nonviolent Revolt Is Shaping the Twenty-first Century (Nation Books). Mark’s full bio is available here.

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Democracy Uprising
  • About
    • About Mark Engler
    • About Democracy Uprising
  • Books
    • This Is An Uprising
    • How To Rule the World
  • Topics
  • Translations
  • Appearances
  • Archive
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    • 2019-2020
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